Claudio Ruffo Appel

Claudio Ruffo Appel was the brother of Baja California governor Ernesto Ruffo Appel.

Biography
Claudio Ruffo Appel was the brother of National Action Party of Mexico politician Ernesto Ruffo Appel, and he became a businessman like his brother. In 1990, Ruffo and fellow businessman Fernando Jesus Gutierrez decided to work on the Plaza San Fernando shopping mall project in Rosarito Beach, and they secured the assistance of Tijuana Cartel boss Benjamin Arellano Felix, who gave them $30,000,000. However, Ruffo and Gutierrez were blinded by the money, and they wasted it on women and gambling instead of using it for their project. In response, the cartel killed Gutierrez and forced Ruffo's brother to give them judicial police badges in exchange for Claudio's life being spared, tarnishing the brothers' reputations.